Zuckerberg’s Poor Password and LinkedIn ‘s Security Breach
Early this morning, we were greeted by the news of Mark Zuckerberg’s hacked accounts. This could be just another hacking news until my buddy Clinton Garcia, pointed out in his comment about the poor password.
Reused Password
Apparently, according to this news report, another possible reason aside from the poor password, is the 2012 LinkedIn hack. If reports are to be believed, 167M accounts were compromised. Security experts assumed Zuckerberg did not only use a poor password, but he also used the same password in his other accounts.
With LinkedIn being mentioned in the news, I remember below email w/c I almost ignored.
What You Can Do
It is wise to immediately do the following:
- Change your LinkedIn password; use a combination of special character, upper/lowercase. letters and numbers
- Use the two step verification
- Use a different password for your other accounts
If you are an info sec specialist, feel free to share more tips.
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I received a notice about this for my LinkedIn account and I did change it. The 2 step verification I use for 2 apps that I use. I just make sure my passwords have a capital letter, a number and symbol.
Passwords are passwords. However complex or no matter how regular you update them, they can always be breached. There should always be some sort of security mechanisms that each one should follow when passwords fail. What are these? A second layer authentication would be the best, but not all web applications can have them. Encryption and the use of digital signatures would be the second, but they are too complex for a layman to configure and setup. So what now? Awareness is the key. For one, public facing applications like social media applications should not carry more than enough information… Read more »
Sonnie,
When it comes to passwords, a lot of people do not pay attention until they are the ones compromised. Take the leaked info of registered voters. Not a lot of people actually did anything for safety measures… until their identity was used.
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